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Enforcement 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

Drug offences fall 4.4% in the first half of 2026

The State Statistical Committee reported 4,460 drug-related criminal cases in January–June 2026, 28.9% of all registered crimes and 4.4% fewer than in the same period of 2025. Purchase or storage without intent to sell made up 73.0%, sale or production 24.6% and cultivation 1.7%; 2,853 offenders were detained and 2,011 administrative drug offences recorded.[1]

Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Azerbaijan here.

References

  1. Azerbaijan State Statistical Committee — Drug-related crimes in January–June 2026 (21 August 2026)

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